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A. I. THOWLBSS.

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Patented June 17, 1913.

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Specification of Letters I'atent.

Patented June 17, 1913.

Application fled July 28, 1911. Serial I0. 641,143.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, An'rm J. Tnowmss, a subject of the King of Great Britain, 1e sidin at Newark, in the county of Essex 5 and tate of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Exhibition Illusions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of exhibition illusions which mav be certain parts of storm, halls or in windows or exteriors of business places to attract ublic attention and be of advantage for a vertising purposes.

The object of my invention is to produce an illusion with certain liquids such as oil, wine, ink, milk, or imitations of such, or with colored water or other liquid, and consists in allowing liquid to run from what appears to be an ordinary faucet, tube, hole or other outlet into a vessel which never overflows, althou what appears to be a large stream of y run- "quid is continuall ni into the said vesel.

y invention consists of a reservoir receptacle such as a tank, can or vessel capable of holding liquid, having an outlet such as a faucet, tube or hole for the liquid to fiow from, and the receptacle with various operative parts may be placed in :1. containing case, such as a barrel, milk-can, or other vessel representing some object of commercial use or attractiveness.

A receiving vcsel of any kind is located below the faucet, tube or other outlet, and this vessel may be suspended from the top of the barrel or other cont case. A tube is pamed up through the aucet, tube or other outlet, and is continued into the upper 0 part of the barrel or can. It is here connected with a pump operated by power, such as electricity.

The tube which enters the faucet or other outlet may be of glass in most cases, and, if desired, of a color corresponding to that 01 the liquid used, or it may be of rubber or of metal coated with enamel of the color of the liquid operated with for the illusion.

For instance, if ink should be the liquid used, a vulcanized rubber tube may be adopted, but should milk be selected, a white glass tube or one made of metal and coated with wliitzggfimel would be if great}:- servilaccle.

ating stop-coo may p on the inner or suction tube, and also one at edin' the lower part of the liquid receptacle or reservoir to regulate the flow of liquid.

The accompanying drawings show the construction of the several parts, in which- Figure 1 is a side view or elevation of my evice. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the worki parts.

Simi r letters refer to like parts in both figures, in which-- A shows, as an example, a barrel for the containing case; B is a faucet, as an example of the outlet for the liquid to flow from; C the glass or metal tube which reaches from the faucet B, into the liquid contained in the vesel D. Connected with the tube C is another tube, E, which passes from the tube C, and connects with a pump P, which is used for drawing the liquid up the tube E.

The letter F shows the reservoir or receptacle containing the liquid for the illusion, and is placed with the other operating parts in the containing case A. The pipe E has a connection, H, for joining this tube with the tube I, which is connected with the pump P.

The liquid in the reservoir, F, is shown as J, while the liquid passing from the reservoir, F, through the faucet B, into the vessel D, is shown as K.

At L is a regulat' v cock for control the quantity of liqui drawn up throng the tube E. Near the mouth of the faucet- B is a connection M, for uniting the tube E with the tube C.

At 1? is a cock to regulate the flow of liquid J, from the tank F, into the faucet B. An opening, 0, is shown at N, for the liquid to run through.

- Q shows connections which fasten the reservoir F to the containing case A, while R shows an electric motor as an example of motive power for operating the pump P.

When the apparatus-is ready for operation the selected liquid is placed in the tank F, and allowed to flow through cock N, at 0, out of the faucet B, into the receiving vessel D. The pump P is started by means of the electric or other motor, R, which causes the liquid to be drawn up the tubes C and E, and to continue up through the tube I, into the pump P, and is then discharged into the reservoir, F, keeping the fluid J, at about the same height in the tank all the time the apparatus is in operation.

It be seen :by the foregoing ithat a. stream of liquid flows out from e faucet B, around the tube C, therebycompletely concealing the tube Gfrom view, while the pum P is drawing an equivalent guantiltg of t e liquid through the tubes 0 and ,back intouthemeservoir E, so that it is im- Hossible for the receiving vessel, 'D, to over- To make the illusion complete it is advisable tozhaue theltubeO connected-in such a manner tthat the li uid .which, in flowing, surrounds it, shall in nearly a straight -line into the vessel, as any turns orangles nethe-tube would tend to destroy -the;iIIusion,-therefore it is better to use a straight tube, C. The pump I draws the liquid through =the conneetingtubesc and E, and discharges it into-the tank F, and in this mannentheliquid J doesnot show any of the pulsations of-thepump :1, andnthererfore theiflow of sthediquid surrounding the :tube C-iseveuand straight.

in the drawingsand dscription of my any article may be.used.

.theliqnid invention -.herein set I ha ve disclosed more particularly as containing case in the formvof a barre1,,but, it is to be understood tbat'I do not confine myself .to thet form, as In some cases, also, it may be neoesary to do away with the faucet and simply pass .the tube, C, through a hole or tube in the containing case and receptacle, or some other form 0 outlet may be used.

Heving thus deseribedmy invention what :tube-entering said outlet, .9. receiving vessel unto which the -lower end of the sand tube .enters with a .-pump, connected with the upper partof said tube, for dra liquid rfrom-said vessel and means forvdis urging into the receptacle.

J. THOWLESS.

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